"Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer. May your relationship with prayer be a daily one. Prayer works miracles in you and through you, therefore, little children, may prayer be a joy for you. Then your relationship with life will be deeper and more open and you will comprehend that life is a gift for each of you. Thank you for having responded my call.

About 9 pm on September 23, a 40 years old statue of the Virgin Mary located in the childhood home of Medjugorje visionary Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic began to glow in the dark. Hundreds of people gathered as the news spread. On Tuesday evening, the statue started glowing again.

The statue to the left in Medjugorje seer VickaIvankovic-Mijatovic’s childhood room began glowing in the dark on Monday evening. The blue “haze” around the statue has nothing to do with the phenomenon. Glowing in the dark when no light was turned on, an old statue of the Virgin Mary that has belonged to the family of visionary Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic for 40 years quickly became the centre of attention in Medjugorje on Monday evening. “Mamma mia, tonight around 21.20 the statue of the Madonna in the birthplace of Vicka began to emanate light by itself! Like phosphor! People came from all around to see! You can not take pictures, the flash does not show anything, only the naked eye can see it. Beautiful!” Medjugorje resident Laura Marcazzan Budimir reported at Facebook.

“The first to see it were Italians in prayer, then Mirela who works in the shop below, then Vicka’s brother Franjo. Then, at his invitation, Vicka’s (other) relatives came at 9.10 pm. I saw it at 10. The statue was phosphorescent, you could see the outline, touching it felt normal, cold” Laura Marcazzan Budimir tells the Italian website Guarda Con Me.

“The brightness decreased from 11 pm to 2.30 am and then increased, to vanish again” she reports at Facebook on Tuesday.

After attempts at taking photos of the statue with a flashlight turned on had been in vain, the glow disappearing and the statue looking normal, at midnight local resident Valentin Ivankovic succeeded in capturing the glow by taking the photo to the left without using flash.

“But I have seen much more. All bright!” Laura Marcazzan Budimir tells Medjugorje Today.

The Italian-born local resident further informs that Vicka has seen the glowing statue in her room.“Vicka said she was happy to have seen the light, and to kneel and pray before the statue” Laura Marcazzan Budimir tells. Spectators were impressed and almost speechless after seeing the statue:“It is something I can not describe, really. When you see it, you know, I have no words. The heat around the heart, I do not know, it is something really indescribable. It must be experienced, really” an un-named attendee tells the Croatian news portal Dnevnik.

“At first I felt strange because it is really unusual, not to say paranormal. These things cannot be seen every day, and this could be taken as the crown of all the miracles that have taken place so far, such as healings. This is an unforgettable experience, really. Anyone should come and see if you can – of course, if it lasts” a young local tells Dnevnik.

“I consider this as further proof that people should go back and start to believe in God, and Medjugorje also” he says. Laura Marcazzan Budimir is of the same opinion:“This sign is for the parishioners, for sure! The parishioners of Bijakovici (where the house is located, ed.) especially. Because why there, in that house? And why now and not one month ago? At this time there are just a few pilgrims!” she tells Medjugorje Today. “A week ago, a parishioner of Bijakovici said: “We have to pray together like 30 years ago”. Well, this sign is the answer. And it is an invitation especially for the parishioners of Bijakovici. Right in the heart of Bijakovici. These words were said to Vicka’s mother, prophesying that something would happen after the harvest, and the harvest ended a few days ago” Laura Marcazzan Budimir tells Guarda Con Me.

“Last night, 80 percent of the people who saw it were Croatians from near Medjugorje. All young people! This is important, young people and families have come now. Now everyone is waiting for tonight” she tells Medjugorje Today.

Author

Fr. Neil Buchlein, Pastor St. Mary Queen of Heaven Madison, WV

St. Joseph the WorkerWhitesville, WV

The world is like a river of which we drinkbut our sins pollute the waterAnd now the river is flooded so we must buildand ark of faith and trust in divine providenceI was in a room of darkness it wasn'tenough to open the window for airI had to unlock the door so I searched forthe key and what I found wasOur Lady of Medugorje saying to:

Me and my brothers and sisters we were strugglingbetween heaven and hellWe found it hard to understand how we gotsunk into a spiral of negative and demonic spellsSo we went on a pilgrimage searching for healingat the heavenly wellsWe came across a wise man telling us children it's verysimple, conversion, mass the sacraments and

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Need a childlike faith to enter into heaven'til the harvesters come don't be afraid

We all have our crosses to carry if we carrythem humbly there's no need to worryIf we forgive we'll be forgiven then ourpurified hearts will feel thepresence of God's eternal love burn insideI ain't no religious expert but I don't have tobe to know that God ain't illusionI'm testifying what I witness 'cause a faithwithout acts is a dead faith that's whyI wrote this song so we can

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Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence,let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change.Pope Francis

"God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have a mission; I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons; He has not created me for naught. I shall do good—I shall do his work. I shall be an angel of peace while not intending it if I do but keep his commandments. Therefore, I will trust him." Blessed John Cardinal Newmann

ObamaCare violates our religious liberty; Planned Parenthood takes our taxpayer dollars for its abortion business; and atheists are removing Christianity from America. Get your armour on for this satanic battle is here in our backyard.

Come, Holy Spirit, and renew the face of the earth through me. Fill me with Your life and Your grace, that my soul may be sanctified. Increase in me the gift of holy wisdom, that I may use wisely the gifts You have given me. Increase in me the gift of understanding, that I may hear and respond to Your call. Increase in me the gift of Your good counsel, that I may always follow God's will. Increase in me the gift of knowledge, that I may grow in holiness by knowing God and myself more fully. Increase in me the gift of love, that I may serve as Christ's hands and feet and voice sharing Your love with everyone I meet today. Come, Holy Spirit! Renew the face of the earth through me! Amen.

Consecrate Yourself to MaryUsing the Consecration Prayerof St. Louis-Marie de Montfort

I, (Name), a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in your hands the vows of my Baptism; I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.

In the presence of all the heavenly court I choose you this day for my Mother and Queen. I deliver and consecrate to you, as your slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past, present and future; leaving to you the entire and full right of disposing of me, and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to your good pleasure, for the greater glory of God, in time and in eternity.

Our Lady of All NationsLord Jesus Christ, Son of the Father,Send now Your Spirit over the world;Let the Holy Spirit live in the Hearts of All Nations,That they may be preserved from degeneration, disaster, and war;May the Lady of All Nations, the Blessed Virgin Mary,Be our Advocate. AmenSeptember 20, 1951Bury me on my head for one day this world will be upside down." (Diogenes)

PRAYER FOR PRIESTSO Jesus, Eternal Priest, keep your priests within the shelter of your sacred heart, where none may touch them.Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch your sacred body.Keep unsullied their lips, daily purpled with your precious blood.Keep pure and unearthly their hearts, sealed with the sublime mark of your priesthood.Let your holy love surround them, and shield them from the world’s contagion.Bless their labors with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they minister be their joy and consolation here on earth, and in heaven, their everlasting crown.Mary, Mother of Priests, pray for priests and vocations to the priesthood.– St. Therese of LisieuxQuote to live by:"Let nothing disturb you, nothing frighten you, all things are passing, God is unchanging. Patience gains all; nothing is lacking to those who have God: God alone is sufficient."- St. Teresa of Avila "Anyone who wishes to frolic with the devil, cannot rejoice with Christ." -St. Peter ChrysologusPrayer for Priests

O my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church:grant it love and the light of Your Spirit,and give power to the words of priestsso that hardened hearts might be brought to repentanceand return to You, O Lord.

Lord, give us holy priests;You Yourself maintain them in holiness.O divine an Great High Priest,may the power of Your mercy accompany them everywhereand protect them from the devil's traps and snareswhich are continually being set for the souls for priests.May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naughtall that might tarnish the sanctity of priests,for You can do all things.AMEN.